It struck me today how someone can be stuck in a perspective or world view, and not even realize it. I don’t even mean something as “simple” as a political standpoint or religious belief. I’m talking about comprehensive “awareness filters” that pre-select possibilities, both in the present, and for the future. Listening to someone […]
Read MoreExperiencing the unexpected: the high(er) vibrational response to fluorescent green plastic grass
I recently had a rather unexpected event come into my life, and this set of circumstances has provided the inspiration for this article. We rent a home in a fairly secluded location, quite ideal for my work. One Tuesday night, there was a knock on the door. Possibly the first time one of them came to the door in five years. The announcement? …
Read MoreWhy separation can be a good thing — discernment in connection and creation
I wish to put a proposal on the table for you to consider, that runs counter to prevailing social (and often so-called spiritual) notions: understood properly, separation is a good thing. In fact, it is the hallmark of mature discernment. Immature discernment leads you into the mush of “we are all connected” or “we […]
Read MoreGetting beyond “congratulations”: are you prepared to complete?
I’ve recently observed numerous “congratulations” being offered — cards, parties, etc. — for events such as weddings or the birth of a baby. I have to admit that I’m puzzled by the sentiments in a lot of ways. Yes, there’s a celebration for the start of something new, and well wishes, but starting something — […]
Read MoreAre you coming from nowhere?
Where are you coming from? That’s an interesting question. It can be asked on many levels, as a sort of slang, or a variant of the “small talk” question about where you live. But pause for a moment — where ARE you really coming from, in your words and actions? And, of course, are you […]
Read MoreHigh Sierra Visions: photography of Yosemite wilderness
Over the past 17 years, I have hiked and backpacked across the high Sierra of California. This is an offering of my finest photography of high country of Yosemite, with its complex landscapes, overlapping time-spaces, and granite crystalline windows into deep planetary history.
Read MoreAre you telling yourself — and everyone else — another “reality story” today?
Have you ever contemplated how much of your thoughts, communication, and (resulting) actions are based upon exchanging stories? We usually think of a “story” as fiction, and something separate to be read in a book or watched in a movie. But a lot of day to day life is fictionalized for various purposes …
Read MoreImages at the feet of the “Mother Goddess of the World”: Mount Everest (Chomolungma)
In Tibetan, Chomolumnga means “Mother Goddess of the World.” Standing before her (also known as Mount Everest), just after sunrise, there was little doubt in my heart as the depth of her name. While the images created in the clearing AFTER the snowstorm are some of the most stunning of my life, the two nights before these photographs might be more memorable of an experience …
Read MoreMacchu Picchu, Huanya Picchu, and Ollantaytambo: sacred site images of Peru
I’ll never quite understand how we were fortunate to obtain tickets to climb Huayna Picchu. (Access is limited to a few hundred people per day in a few time slots). We arrived at the ticket counter in the nearby town of Aquas Calientes to wait in line. My Spanish is good enough to understand …
Read More“Human & Mountain Goddess”: images of Mount Everest Base Camp
Images from the day after the snow storm … brilliantly clear photography of the valley of Khumbu glacier and Everest Base Camp, a hard-earned and compelling contrast to the events of the previous days.
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